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What to Know About Democrats’ 7 Impeachment Managers
Longtime Trump-hunters were joined by far less familiar faces, including a former police chief, a former judge, and a former Army Ranger, as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi named impeachment managers. The House managers appointed Wednesday will act as prosecutors, making the case to remove President Donald Trump from office during the Senate impeachment trial expected… -
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Pelosi Is Realizing Impeachment Was a Mistake
America is the midst of an imaginary impeachment standoff between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. “Both have drawn firm lines in the sand. Someone’s got to give,” one reporter recently declared. There is, of course, nothing to “give.” Pelosi has no standing to dictate the terms of a Senate trial;… -
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Sen. Cruz: Impeachment Is a ‘1-Sided Show Trial,’ ‘Not Driven by Facts’
President Donald Trump is only the third president to be impeached because impeachment is a rarely used tool that the Founders intended to be a serious and fair process. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, says he is concerned that Trump hasn’t gotten the due process he deserves. I spoke with him about the impeachment process and… -
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Left’s Impeachment Drive Fueled by ‘Rage Instead of Reason,’ Says ‘Witch Hunt’ Author Gregg Jarrett
Impeachment is supposed to be a serious, deliberative process, but the Trump impeachment has been anything but. Fox News legal analyst Gregg Jarrett has a new book in which he unpacks the effort to catch President Donald Trump by any means. Listen to the podcast or read a lightly edited transcript below. Virginia Allen: I’m joined… -
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Bolton Says He’s ‘Prepared to Testify’ at Trump Impeachment Trial If Subpoenaed
Former national security adviser John Bolton said Monday he is “prepared to testify” at the Senate impeachment trial for President Donald Trump if he is subpoenaed. Bolton, who left the administration on Sept. 10, has previously said he would allow the federal courts to determine whether he has to testify to Congress about his White… -
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What History Says About Witnesses at Senate Impeachment Trials
Key Capitol Hill players in the Bill Clinton impeachment are taking a decidedly different view about the Donald Trump impeachment when it comes to witnesses in a Senate trial. The two previous presidential impeachment trials in U.S. history included witnesses in some form. The Senate impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson in 1868 included live… -
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Final Jeopardy for Chuck Schumer and Impeachment
While watching “Jeopardy” the other night, I had a fantasy. Suppose Alex Trebek had a Final Jeopardy category called “The Ultimate Impeachment Hypocrite”? Here’s how I thought it might go. Trebek: “We go first to Joe, who is in third place, and he wrote, ‘Who is Bill Clinton?’” “No, that’s wrong, but a good guess. Clinton did… -
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How Liberals Rewrite the History of the Clinton Impeachment
The “striking” difference between the Bill Clinton and Donald Trump impeachments, argue MSNBC hosts and others in the media, was not only the willingness of Clinton to “show contrition,” but the willingness of his supporters to acknowledge that the president had done something wrong. Let’s not let liberals rewrite history. In the real world, Clinton,… -
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Pelosi’s Impeachment Gamble Is Unconstitutional
One of the Constitution’s clearest provisions is also one of its least-used: the process for removing the president for serious misconduct. Some politicians and lawyers, however, are trying to complicate this straightforward constitutional process, inventing things that simply aren’t there. The Constitution’s impeachment process has two steps: Article 1, Section 2 gives the House of Representatives the “sole power of impeachment” and Section 3 gives the Senate… -
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Democrats’ Move to Manipulate Senate Impeachment Trial Breaks Norms
President Donald Trump says White House counsel Pat Cipollone will lead his defense team in the Senate impeachment trial, but House Democrats’ tactics mean it still isn’t clear when that trial will begin. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer announced late Thursday afternoon that no more House votes will be taken until after Jan. 7. That… -
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Pelosi Evasive on Strategy for Impeachment Trial in Senate
After weeks of pronouncing impeachment was a “solemn” and “prayerful” occasion, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi offered a different tone a day after two near-party line votes aimed at ousting President Donald Trump. “It really is interesting to see the response we are getting, bipartisan, across party lines,” Pelosi, D-Calif., told reporters Thursday. “I myself want… -
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Rep. Tulsi Gabbard Explains Why She Voted ‘Present’ on Impeachment
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, explained Thursday how a “deep love of country” motivated her to vote “present” on both articles of impeachment the night before. Gabbard was the sole Democrat to vote “present” on impeaching President Donald Trump, causing a stir among media and fellow lawmakers. She explained the decision on The Hill’s “Rising With Krystal Ball… -
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What’s Next in the Impeachment Process
Heritage Foundation legal scholar Tom Jipping joins The Daily Signal Podcast to discuss the House’s impeachment process, and what’s next in the Senate. Read a lightly edited transcript, posted below, or listen to the podcast: Jarrett Stepman: The big news of the day is, of course, impeachment. If all reports are correct, then by the… -
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Here’s How Much the Formal Impeachment Inquiry Has Cost Taxpayers So Far
House Democrats spent at least $3 million of taxpayers’ money in under three months pursuing the impeachment of President Donald Trump, counting the cost of lawyers and staff time spent readying for hearings, according to Heritage Foundation research. The $3.06 million price tag for taxpayers of the formal impeachment inquiry so far includes the salaries… -
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On Eve of Impeachment Vote, Trump Punches Back Against Pelosi
One day before the Democrat-led House is set to vote on impeachment, President Donald Trump sent a scathing six-page letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., asserting the House majority was “declaring open war on American Democracy.” “You dare to invoke the Founding Fathers in pursuit of this election-nullification scheme — yet your spiteful actions… -
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Trump’s Impeachment Would Mean a Senate Trial. Here’s How That Would Work.
The vote by the House Judiciary Committee Friday to adopt two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump makes it clear that Democrats are moving full speed ahead on the road to impeachment—regardless of the merits of their accusations or the integrity of their process. But speeding down this road looks like it will be dangerous for… -
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Trump Warns of ‘Trivializing’ Impeachment as House Panel OKs Abuse and Obstruction Charges
The House Judiciary Committee voted Friday morning along party lines to impeach President Donald Trump, sending two charges to the House floor for what is expected to be another party-line vote next week to set up a Senate trial in January. Now attention turns to the 31 House Democrats who were elected last year in… -
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‘People Want Justice’: Rep. Jody Hice Talks IG Report and Impeachment
“One of the biggest questions I have back home in the 10th District of Georgia is, ‘When are heads going to roll over all this corruption?’” says Rep. Jody Hice, a Republican. “People want justice.” Hice joins the podcast to discuss the new report released by the Justice Department’s inspector general, Michael Horowitz. He also… -
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Clinton Prosecutor Sees Weak Impeachment Case Against Trump
House Democrats, legal analysts, and pundits suggested in recent weeks that President Donald Trump committed various impeachable crimes in his July phone call to Ukraine’s president. But on Tuesday, the charge House Democrats came up with was a broad “abuse of power” claim, alleging that Trump solicited foreign interference in the 2020 election. The second…